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AT&T reported third quarter earnings of $0.66 a share, beating analysts' estimates thanks to greater-than-expected sales of wireless data plans. AT&T added 363,000 contract LTE subscribers during the quarter, more than double the number added during the same period last year and 20,000 more than expected, figures that Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche called "impressive." The company also reported record smartphone sales for the quarter, moving more than 6.7 million of the devices and increased postpaid tablet subscriptions by 388,000, a larger gain than any of its rivals.

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AT&T netted 2.1 million wireless subscribers in the second quarter, of which 410,000 were postpaid customers and 1 million were connected cars, the carrier reported Thursday. Wireless revenues grew by 2.1% from the quarter a year ago as the telecom's profits exceeded analysts' expectations. Also, AT&T Mobility said it would introduce voice-over-Wi-Fi calling this year.

AT&T predicted that it will net roughly 400,000 wireless subscribers in the first quarter, thanks in large part to tablet subscriptions, a regulatory filing states. In that filing, the carrier said it expects to trim its churn rate in the first quarter. AT&T also said it will take a $130 million charge in the quarter in conjunction with the voluntary retirements of roughly 3,000 workers.

AT&T's high-speed broadband U-verse service attracted 488,000 new customers in the quarter, bringing the total to 11.5 million subscribers, while its wireless arm added more than 1 million new monthly customers. The telecom's lower-cost financing plans caused AT&T to miss analysts' quarterly revenue expectations and post a lower profit for the quarter.

AT&T exceeded analysts' estimates in the second quarter, posting $32.1 billion in revenue on record smartphone sales. The carrier sold 6.8 million smartphones during the three months ending June 30, adding more than a million smartphone subscribers, according to a Q2 earning report. AT&T also continues to make solid gains in the tablet space, with 763,000 of the devices connected during the first half of 2013.

AT&T's U-verse TV service cruised past the 5-million-subscriber milestone by adding 233,000 customers in the second quarter, compared with 155,000 a year ago, the telecom reported on Tuesday. Total U-verse revenues grew by 30% as U-verse's combined video and broadband operations reached 9.4 million subscribers. Overall, AT&T revenues climbed by 1.6% as profits slid by 2.1% on higher expenses. On the wireless side, AT&T grew its contracted subscriber base by 551,000, mostly from tablet customers, a 72% improvement from a year ago.